#C9BB49#C9BB49

#C9BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BB49
RGB	rgb(201, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -8.66, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 58.28, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0286 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0620, 48.4409, 13.3838)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BB49 #4957C9

analogous

#C97B49 #C9BB49 #97C949

triadic

#C9BB49 #49C9BB #BB49C9

tetradic

#C9BB49 #49C97B #4957C9 #C94997

square

#C9BB49 #49C97B #4957C9 #C94997

split-complementary

#C9BB49 #4997C9 #7B49C9

monochromatic

#756C23 #A49731 #C9BB49 #D7CD78 #E5DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C9BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C9BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BB49

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BB49	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccf81',
    500: '#c9bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bb49;
$custom-light: #dccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78239,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BB49

secondary

#9CA2D2

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BB49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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